Barack Obama Quotes, Change Quotes, Lakes Quotes

What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, what a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said, about how small actions can be like pebbles being thrown into a still lake, and ripples of hope cascade outwards and change the world.

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When God threw me, a pebble, into this wondrous lake, I disturbed its surface with countless circles. But when I reached the depths, I became very still.

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YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,' said the dewdrop to the lake.

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I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound perch in my lake.

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Lakes, rivers, streams...all are water and all travel to the same destination. So it is with religion.

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Nothing is so discreet as a young face, for nothing is less mobile; it has the serenity, the surface smoothness, and the freshnessof a lake. There is no character in women's faces before the age of thirty.

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Once I thought that Lake Forest was the most glamorous place in the world. Maybe it was.

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Or whipping its rough surface for a trout.

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I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5-lb. perch in my lake. (Answering a reporter who asked him to name the best moment of his Presidency.)

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There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.

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He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are swimming.

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I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake on Earth as a drop of oil on my foot.

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I played with Joey Mullen back in Salt Lake City before he got called up to St. Louis. He was the first player ever to score 20 goals in the American League and 20 in the NHL. I've kept in contact with him and he's a great guy.

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In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth.

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This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty.

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Tags : Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes , Lakes Quotes , Water Quotes

I wind about, and in and out, - With here a blossom sailing, - And here and there a lusty trout, - And here and there a grayling.

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Tags : Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes , Lakes Quotes , Wind Quotes

Give me mine angle, we'll to th' river: there, My music playing far off, I will betray Tawny-finned fishes. My bended hook shall pierce Their slimy jaws; and as I draw them up, I'll think them every one an Antony, And say, 'Ah, ha! are caught!'

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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.

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If we use our fuel to get our power, we are living on our capital and exhausting it rapidly. This method is barbarous and wantonly wasteful, and will have to be stopped in the interest of coming generations. The heat of the sun's rays represents an immense amount of energy vastly in excess of waterpower...The sun's energy controlled to create lakes and rivers for motive purposes and transformation of arid deserts into fertile land.

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Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.

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